Germany has temporarily suspended the group deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers following the Kabul truck bomb attack, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday. The foreign ministry would reassess security in the country by July, and until then Germany would carry out only “voluntarily repatriations and deportations of violent extremists and criminals in individual cases,” she … Read more
The Germans were latecomers to the scramble for Africa. Even if there may have been individual Germans scouring the coasts of Africa (as slave traders?), it was only after the Berlin Conference of 1844-85 that Germany became an established colonial power in Africa. The conference (also known in German as Kongokonferenz or Westafrika-Konferenz) is said … Read more
Naa Andani II ruled Dagbon for 38 years (1858 to 1896). It is believe his ascention to the skin of Yani marks the beginning of the current rotation between the two royal houses, Abdulai (Abudu) Gate and Andani gate. Ya Naa Abdulai I and Ya Naa Andani II were of different mothers. According to Dagbon … Read more